https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/10842/programming-nrf8001-firmwareI can&#39;t afford nRFgo Starter kit as of now; so my question is if there any other way to program my application (firmware) in nRF8001? I am looking from following options: a) From PC directly (UART) b) From PC via Arduino c) Or someother low cost programmeren-USTelligent Community 13Tue, 15 Dec 2015 11:10:56 GMThttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/40549?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 15 Dec 2015 11:10:56 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:d15c8acf-1589-44a5-b36e-ea2785184ec7Deepak Sehrawat<p>Thank you Guys.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/40550?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 15 Dec 2015 09:58:15 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:a752106e-7d97-49f8-86e9-fc43a7691e88Hung Bui<p>@Deepak: I agree with Awneil. You can create another case when you have new question. But just to answer quickly, the programmer and debugger chip is integrated on the nRF51 DK so you can simply plug it into USB port and program the chip using the programmer application on PC or drag and drop the file.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/40547?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 14 Dec 2015 18:35:50 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:68780b49-aacd-4d23-89d2-2492acbd14d3awneil<p>That&#39;s an entirely different question - you should start a new thread</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/40546?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 14 Dec 2015 17:29:57 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:96b16703-0f36-4faa-81ad-5885fe94ad59Deepak Sehrawat<p>Great. Just now went through nRF51 DK; but I am still a bit confused. Which device need be used to program nRF51822 chip? i.e how to transfer my program from PC to nRF51822?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/40545?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 14 Dec 2015 17:27:01 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:86abd404-1137-4a8c-845e-16d3f946cec4Hung Bui<p>@Deepak: I would definitely suggest you to go for the nRF51822 and also the more powerful, less power consumption nRF52832. Both of them are good for Beacon. nRF8001 requires you an extra MCU which takes space and costs more.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/40544?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 14 Dec 2015 17:04:37 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:2c380c20-d189-4b74-80a8-d6edf5862b5bDeepak Sehrawat<p>Thank Hung Bui. Which one is a better option for designing a Beacon; nRF8001 or nRF51822?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/40543?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 14 Dec 2015 12:35:19 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:0649e7d7-30a1-4570-9fbe-ef9ae6312bb7Hung Bui<p>Hi Deepak, It&#39;s correct. You can go with option b) using Arduino. Here is the <a href="https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/ble-sdk-arduino">Arduino nRF8001 SDK</a> you can have a look.</p> <p>Another option is to use the nRF51 instead of the nRF8001. The <a href="https://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/Products/nRF51-DK">nRF51 Development Kit</a> is much more affordable. The nRF51 SoC is more powerful than the nRF8001 and has a MCU inside it so you can program it and need not an external MCU.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/40548?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 13 Dec 2015 17:09:07 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:a4163a8b-8d4d-4abc-adc5-75bdd6403135Deepak Sehrawat<p>So the only way out is to use an Application processor and use nRF8001 with it?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/40542?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 13 Dec 2015 17:00:19 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:dd3b1e71-0eee-4150-b159-f96bc2eff62aawneil<p>The nRF8001 doesn&#39;t have a programmable microcontroller - so you can&#39;t program any application (firmware) into it.</p> <p><a href="https://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/Products/Bluetooth-Smart-Bluetooth-low-energy/nRF8001">www.nordicsemi.com/.../nRF8001</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>